The tablet space is hot right now with Apple's refreshed Retina-based iPad mini, the refreshed fuller-sized iPad, and a new Nexus 10 on the horizon, so Barnes & Noble doesn't want to be left out of the party.

The company is poised to unleash a refreshed line of its Nook-branded tablets in the coming days according to Forbes' reliable sources who claim the company will introduce a new Nook with GlowLight technology on October 31. Barnes & Noble reportedly cleared a new device with the FCC a few weeks ago, which gives this rumor a dash of reality. We'll have news on the refreshed Nook as it hits.